I need to see the orthopedist this week.......
diver64's ER visit reminded me of my ER visit over 40 years ago when I cut my left hand in a bow saw incident. By the time I got to the ER, I was in pain. Fortunately, however, I didn't have to fill out any paperwork as the ER attendant quizzed me and wrote my responses for the medical personnel. Though she never really looked at me, as she kept her head down making notes, things were going well until she asks me, "Left hand, right?" to which I respond "Right." She scribbles out her notes and asks, "Right hand, right?" to which I respond, "No, it is my left hand." She again scribbles her notes and repeats "Left hand, right?" to which I again respond "Right." Same result. This conversation cycled yet a third time though not intended by either of us. In a desperate move I unwrapped my wounded hand and stuck it within sight of her bowed head and said, "This one". The poor girl turned white as a sheet and got me immediate attention.
I have injured both of my shoulders and the best advice I can give is get a recliner if you don't have one. Sleeping in a recliner beats a bed before and after surgery. I didn't have one and toughed it out in a fixed chair as it was impossible for me to sleep in a bed absence serious medication.
Hope all goes well for the OP and the rest of you that suffer shoulder injuries.
Ron
I'll 2nd the recliner for sleeping after shoulder surgery. It beats the heck out of trying to sleep in a bed.diver64's ER visit reminded me of my ER visit over 40 years ago when I cut my left hand in a bow saw incident. By the time I got to the ER, I was in pain. Fortunately, however, I didn't have to fill out any paperwork as the ER attendant quizzed me and wrote my responses for the medical personnel. Though she never really looked at me, as she kept her head down making notes, things were going well until she asks me, "Left hand, right?" to which I respond "Right." She scribbles out her notes and asks, "Right hand, right?" to which I respond, "No, it is my left hand." She again scribbles her notes and repeats "Left hand, right?" to which I again respond "Right." Same result. This conversation cycled yet a third time though not intended by either of us. In a desperate move I unwrapped my wounded hand and stuck it within sight of her bowed head and said, "This one". The poor girl turned white as a sheet and got me immediate attention.
I have injured both of my shoulders and the best advice I can give is get a recliner if you don't have one. Sleeping in a recliner beats a bed before and after surgery. I didn't have one and toughed it out in a fixed chair as it was impossible for me to sleep in a bed absence serious medication.
Hope all goes well for the OP and the rest of you that suffer shoulder injuries.
Ron
I was going to say the same. My rotator cuffs sometimes flare up. Sleeping more vertical helps.I slept in a recliner and it helped greatly
In bed I'd roll and the pain would snap me awake.
I fell and my boss grabbed me by the left hand and snatched me up before I could set myself. Dislocated my left shoulder. Saw the ortho and he told me how torn up everything was. he said if it ever happened again, he would have to do a shoulder replacement. Next time it happened, I went to another doctor. It was bad enough if I was laying on the floor watching TV and dosed off, when I relaxed it would just fall out. I learned how to rotate my shoulder and it would pop back in. In high school and college I couldn't go for a fly ball with my left hand, and that was the one the glove was on. The weight of a base ball with my arm fully extended would pop it out. But after the initial incidence, it really didn't hurt bad. It would pop out and you could see the round part of my upper arm bone bulging under the skin. I could rotate it and you could here it pop. Grossed out a bunch of dorm mates in college. I bet it took 20 years before I could reach for a basket ball. I was 16 when it happened, I'm 68 now, and I have just learned not to do anything quick and fast with that arm fully extended.I need to see the orthopedist this week.......
That is correct. Watch out for the Tylenol mixed in with some of those pills. Too much Tylenol will *literally* kill humans.The vial just states oxycodone 10mg acetaminophen 325 mg. I believe Percocet was a branded name for the same
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